EAST ST LOUIS ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT

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Legibility

Legibility is the ease which people can understand the layout of a city.  Kevin Lynch, a leader in the field of urban planning, defined legibility using five categories:  paths, edges, districts, nodes, and landmarks.

Paths
Edges
Nodes
Districts
Landmarks
Wayfinding
Sense of Place
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Document author(s) : Joe Signorelli and Justin Norberg
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Last modified: 1/26/00

EAST ST LOUIS ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT